RUSSIA: UN SEC. GEN. EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.07.2008 14:11 GMT+04:00

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has overstepped his
authority by sanctioning the reorganization of the UN mission in Kosovo
and transfer of a portion of its functions to the EU, Russia’s envoy
to UN Vitaly Churkin said.

"First of all, the report of the UN secretary-general on the issue was
drafted without any support of the UN Security Council. What’s more,
representatives of the EU mission don’t take it into account, they
aren’t governed by that report, doing whatever they want, questioning
and rejecting the UN resolution 1244 and the fact that the UN still
retains political control over Kosovo," the Russian diplomat said.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry specified earlier that any steps on
reorganizing the UN mission in Kosovo require the respective sanction
of the Security Council and agreement of both parties, Kommersant
reports.